Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.
Contents:
Connections -- Case study I: Robinah and Joyce: the connecting sisters / Lotte Meinert and Godfrey Etyang Siu -- Case analysis I / Lotte Meinert, Phoebe Kajubi, and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Clientship -- Case study II: Saddam: treatment programs / Phoebe Kajubi and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis II / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Lotte Meinert, and Jenipher Twebaze -- Mobility -- Case study III: Suzan: the necessity of travel / David Kyaddondo, and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis III / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Michael A. Whyte, and Jenipher Twebaze -- Families -- Case study IV: Mamagirl and Mamaboy: family matters / Hanne O. Mogensen and Godfrey Etyang Siu -- Case analysis IV / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Hanne O. Mogensen, and Jenipher Twebaze -- Partners -- Case study V: Alice: keeping a good man / Jenipher Twebaze and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis V / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Godfrey Etyang Siu, and David Kyaddondo -- Children -- Case study VI: Jackie: children without grandparents / David Kyaddondo and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis VI / Susan Reynolds Whyte, David Kyaddondo, and Lotte Meinert -- Work -- Case study VII: John: working contingencies / Godfrey Etyang Siu and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis VII / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Godfrey Etyang Siu, and Phoebe Kajubi -- Food -- Case study VIII: Hassan: soft food and town life / Phoebe Kajubi and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis VIII / Michael A. Whyte and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Bodies -- Case study ix: jolly: appearances and numbers / Jenipher Twebaze and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis IX / Susan Reynolds Whyte, Lotte Meinert, Hanne O. Mogensen, and Jenipher Twebaze -- Medicine -- Case study X: Rachel: buckets of medicine / Susan Reynolds Whyte and David Kyaddondo -- Case analysis X / Susan Reynolds Whyte and Godfrey Etyang Siu -- Life -- Case study XI: Dominic: a multitude of adversities / Jenipher Twebaze and Susan Reynolds Whyte -- Case analysis XI / Hanne O. Mogensen, Susan Reynolds Whyte, and Lotte Meinert.
Summary:
During the first decade of this millennium, many thousands of people in Uganda who otherwise would have died from AIDS got second chances at life. A massive global health intervention, the scaling up of antiretroviral therapy (ART), saved them and created a generation of people who learned to live with treatment. As clients they joined programs that offered free antiretroviral medicine and encouraged "positive living." Because ART is not a cure but a lifelong treatment regime, its consequences are far-reaching for society, families, and individuals. Drawing on personal accounts and a broad knowledge of Ugandan culture and history, the essays in this collection explore ART from the perspective of those who received second chances. Their concerns about treatment, partners, children, work, food, and bodies reveal the essential sociality of Ugandan life. The collection is based on research undertaken by a team of social scientists including both Western and African scholars.
Series:
Critical global health, evidence, efficacy, ethnography
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